PETA members really love getting their kits off, and what better time to bare all than right before the most romantic day of the year?
PETA's task for the today is to put shoppers off buying cruelly-produced Foie Gras in Selfridges' posh deli. In nothing but their undies, they converged outside the store carrying heart shaped signs bearing the slogan "Have a Heart - Drop Foie Gras". They'll be spending the rest of today giving out vegan chocolates and roses and calling on Selfridges to follow the example of Waitrose, House of Fraser, Sainsbury's and most other British grocery chains, which have pulled foie gras from their shelves.
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Why target Selfridges only? Is it because they are big enough?
Another task PETA should be taking on is to educate people in Asia that eating Foie Gras is not classy at all. Wealthy Chinese are now gorging themselves on these Western delicacies as a status symbol. Sometimes they do it to impress. I know that because my relatives are living there. Not only do they eat it, they produce it and export it to here, too.
Deborah> Partly because they are one of the few well known chains to stock foie gras in the country, and I guess that because of their size, picketing there will generate more interest.
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